Where does “speechfulness” come from?
speechfulness (English) comes from English speechful, from English speech, from Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.
speechfulness (English): Quality of being speechful
Definitions
- Quality of being speechful
Ancestry of “speechfulness”, step by step
speechfulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English speechful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speechful | voluble; loquacious; The entire contents of a... |
| 2 | English | speech | The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or... |
| 3 | Middle English | speche | speaking, speech; dialogue, discussion,... |
| 4 | Old English | spǣċ | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | speech, language |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |